George Bonsall Jr. ’45

George died Nov. 1, 2016, after a brief illness in Houston, just short of his 93rd birthday.

George entered Princeton from Quincy (Mass.) High School, following his father. At Princeton, he roomed with Barney Barnhart Smith and joined Court Club. In 1944, he was commissioned a lieutenant junior grade in the Navy and, after marrying Carolyn in February 1945, he shipped out on the destroyer USS English to join the Pacific fleet.

At the war’s end, with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Princeton, he entered MIT. He graduated with a master’s degree in chemistry in 1948 and began his long career with Shell Chemical. He worked in technical support and plant management at the Deer Park, Texas, plant, and did operations planning and coordination in the headquarter offices in New York City and Houston.

He retired from Shell in 1986. In retirement, George enjoyed travel, birding, investing, and spending time with his growing family.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Carolyn, in April. He is survived by children Sandra Burton, Judith Burr, David, and Jonathan; nine grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and his siblings, Robert ’47 and Mary Ellen Guptill. The class expresses its sympathy to the family.